0:00:37 > 0:00:39One of the greatest popstars in the world
0:00:39 > 0:00:43was born right here in Stoke-on-Trent in 1974. Who was he?
0:00:43 > 0:00:44ALL: Robbie Williams!
0:00:44 > 0:00:48Yes, but I don't suppose we'll find him here in the crowd today.
0:00:48 > 0:00:53But we do have an enthusiastic bunch that can't wait to get involved with the show.
0:00:53 > 0:00:58In the immortal words of Robbie Williams, "Let Me Entertain You!"
0:00:58 > 0:01:02MUSIC: "Let Me Entertain You" by Robbie Williams
0:01:07 > 0:01:12Robbie might not be here today, but plenty of other people are. Just look at this crowd.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18With experts James Lewis and David Barby on hand, I'm pretty sure
0:01:18 > 0:01:23if there's anything exciting, it's not gonna go unnoticed.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27And it's not long before David spots something special.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Cyril and Gwen, you're going to Cyprus for a special reason, aren't you?
0:01:33 > 0:01:36- Yes.- What's that?
0:01:36 > 0:01:39- Our 43rd wedding anniversary. - 43rd wedding anniversary.
0:01:39 > 0:01:44Are you hoping that these will finance that particular holiday?
0:01:44 > 0:01:47- Yes.- I hope so.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Well, let's talk about them first of all.
0:01:50 > 0:01:55I like these immensely because they reflect, first of all,
0:01:55 > 0:02:00the pottery industry in the 1920s and '30s in Stoke-on-Trent.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03These date from the 1930s.
0:02:03 > 0:02:08These were decorated and designed by one of the important
0:02:08 > 0:02:12artists during the 1930s and that's Charlotte Rhead.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15She was on par with Clarice Cliff.
0:02:15 > 0:02:20These, in a context, are exceptionally well made.
0:02:20 > 0:02:24When I look at these pots I can actually feel,
0:02:24 > 0:02:28as I pull my hands up, how it's been worked on a wheel.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31You can feel the ribs.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35Charlotte Rhead specialised in these flower productions.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38They remind me very much of a pair of curtains
0:02:38 > 0:02:42at the Granada cinema in Rugby.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44The Granada cinema was from the 1930s
0:02:44 > 0:02:50and these bright, orange-coloured curtains used to close to after the film had finished.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53They had these stylised flowers on them as well.
0:02:53 > 0:02:59They are part and parcel of that art deco period where floor subjects
0:02:59 > 0:03:03or gannet subjects were taken down to basic shapes to great effect.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06I love the flower heads and the leaves.
0:03:06 > 0:03:10- Who owned them originally? - An aunt of mine.- Right.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13- So what happened, she died...? - She died and I inherited them.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15You inherited these. What happened...
0:03:15 > 0:03:19- There's some damage, isn't there, on the edge here?- Yes.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23- What happened there?- I don't know, that was before I had them.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26- So she used these for flowers? - Very much so.
0:03:26 > 0:03:30The pair of them, if they were perfect, would be close on 200.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34- But that little bit of damage there, it's gonna cost somebody to have repaired.- Yeah.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38So effectively we're just selling one perfect vase.
0:03:38 > 0:03:43- So we're looking in the region of 80 to 120.- Yeah.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45It won't finance your holiday in Cyprus.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48- No.- It may be the pocket money. - Yeah.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50If you're not too extravagant!
0:03:50 > 0:03:52- Super, thank you very much. - Thank you.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03David, something I really love is sculpture.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05We don't see much of it on Flog It.
0:04:05 > 0:04:10But anything that is inspired by an earlier time,
0:04:10 > 0:04:12in its form, I love. And what we have here
0:04:12 > 0:04:17are a pair of late 19th, mid-to-late 19th century French sculptures,
0:04:17 > 0:04:21- where did they come from? - They were my mum's aunt's.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Do you know that they're spelter and not bronze?
0:04:23 > 0:04:27I'd heard the word but I don't know the difference.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30- OK, if we have a look here, we've got a signature...- Yeah.
0:04:30 > 0:04:35Rancoulet. Rancoulet was a French sculptor, and he would have done the originals in bronze.
0:04:35 > 0:04:40Bronze, of course, is quite expensive to mass-produce, so he'd have made
0:04:40 > 0:04:44a pair, probably bigger than these, in bronze, originally.
0:04:44 > 0:04:50Rancoulet will then have said, "OK, we've made a couple of bronze, we might even make 100 of those,
0:04:50 > 0:04:54"or 1,000, we're going to make 10,000 in spelter."
0:04:54 > 0:05:00And spelter is a zinc alloy, it has an addition of lead to it.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03And it has to have a finish on it to stop it reacting in the atmosphere.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07So, it was either cold-painted, or it was bronzed,
0:05:07 > 0:05:10and in this situation, we have a pair of
0:05:10 > 0:05:13bronzed spelter figures, because they're made to look like bronze.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Can you see this white flecking?
0:05:15 > 0:05:18- I noticed that when I got them out. - This is a reaction
0:05:18 > 0:05:21that's coming through from under the bronzed finish,
0:05:21 > 0:05:25where it's reacting with the damp and the atmosphere,
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- and it's oxidising.- Right.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31So, a pair like this, made in France
0:05:31 > 0:05:35around the time when the originals were made, sought after,
0:05:35 > 0:05:38but not as sought after as bronzes.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40- OK.- Also have look at the base here.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44A pair of bronzes would have had a fantastic, maybe marble base,
0:05:44 > 0:05:47and the God of antiques, Arthur Negus, always used to say,
0:05:47 > 0:05:50"Beware of a white line."
0:05:50 > 0:05:54If you see a white line on furniture, you know it's just stained.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Here we see the white line at the base.
0:05:56 > 0:06:01- It's a soft wood, probably pine, that's been ebonised to make it look better than it is.- OK.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04But the overall impression is still good.
0:06:04 > 0:06:09- I'd love to have these in my home, they're really smart things.- Right.
0:06:09 > 0:06:15Now, value. Bronzes, we'd be talking £3,000-£5,000 for the pair.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Spelter, what do you think they're worth?
0:06:18 > 0:06:21I have no idea, they've sat in the cupboard for 14 years.
0:06:21 > 0:06:2314 years, really?!
0:06:23 > 0:06:25- Yeah, at least.- Gosh.
0:06:25 > 0:06:32- Well, I think we ought to put a figure of £120-£180 on them...- OK.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35And I think somebody will really love with them.
0:06:35 > 0:06:36- Are you happy with that?- Yeah!
0:06:36 > 0:06:40- Let's see if they gallop off at auction.- And why not?
0:06:46 > 0:06:51Rebecca, I'm overwhelmed by this selection of medals. Are they family?
0:06:51 > 0:06:55No, they were my late husband's father's best friend's,
0:06:55 > 0:07:00and he passed them on to my husband, and of course I've got them since.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05So why are you parting, is it because there is no family connection?
0:07:05 > 0:07:09No family connection whatsoever, so I thought I'd bring them along.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12I think they're brilliant. Those are First World War.
0:07:12 > 0:07:17- Yes.- And they were awarded to Private Bertram Betteridge Hicks.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20- That's right.- What a wonderful name! - Fantastic!- BB Hicks.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Don't hear those names now, do you?
0:07:23 > 0:07:25I like the name Betteridge, that's good.
0:07:25 > 0:07:30But what is extraordinary, you've got the Military Medal there, awarded to a private.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32That's fantastic, isn't it?
0:07:32 > 0:07:39Somebody going to buy these at auction will be able to write to a museum, in London,
0:07:39 > 0:07:43and get all the information relating to that particular action,
0:07:43 > 0:07:46and why that gentleman was awarded the Military Medal.
0:07:46 > 0:07:51I'd love to have known that. My husband tried to go into a few things, but he got stumped.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55- The Imperial War Museum will have a complete record.- Really? How lovely.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56That is a fascinating collection.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00- Absolutely.- But it's these which are so fascinating.- Really?
0:08:00 > 0:08:04Now, that little group is separate from this group here.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08Yes, my husband used to like to go to car boot sales...
0:08:08 > 0:08:11- Good for him! - Junk shops, anything like that.
0:08:11 > 0:08:16Here, we've got standard First World War medals, and miniatures.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19The other medal which I found fascinating was this one.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21I've often wondered about that.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24- It's South African. - What war was that, then?
0:08:24 > 0:08:25That would be the Boer War.
0:08:25 > 0:08:29- Oh, really?- You've got the Zulu War, the Boer War.- Yeah?
0:08:29 > 0:08:34- So that's the medal that would cover the South Africa campaigns.- Right.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38As a whole, I would reckon that they should realise
0:08:38 > 0:08:41somewhere between £400-£500...
0:08:41 > 0:08:45- Really?- I think we'll put the reserve at £350.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47That would be lovely, that would be very fine.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50I would hate to see it go below that figure.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53- You think of what people have been through to...- Absolutely.
0:08:53 > 0:09:00- You've got to think of the sacrifice and the heroism of this particular guy, BB Hicks.- I know, I know.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04From a military historian's point of view, they will be fascinating,
0:09:04 > 0:09:08- and thank you very much for entrusting them to us.- Thank you.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Glade, many people say that late 19th century Britain
0:09:16 > 0:09:19was the height of good taste and good design,
0:09:19 > 0:09:23and what we have here is a classic example
0:09:23 > 0:09:26of late 19th century British jewellery.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30- You're a designer yourself.- Yes, I am.- Do you do jewellery or...?
0:09:30 > 0:09:37I do fashion interior design, mainly, yes, soft furnishing.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41Fantastic, brilliant. Well, as a work of design, that's fabulous, isn't it?
0:09:41 > 0:09:46- Yes, beautiful.- It mixes so many different mediums and styles.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50We're looking at a piece of English jewellery,
0:09:50 > 0:09:54made almost certainly by the Minton porcelain factory,
0:09:54 > 0:09:58- so made fairly locally to where we are today...- Yes.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02The central panel is in porcelain, and this is signed "Boullemier".
0:10:02 > 0:10:08And the central reserve there, as we would call it,
0:10:08 > 0:10:10is the head of Mercury.
0:10:10 > 0:10:16And it's painted en grisaille, which is made to look like stone, like marble.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19It's interesting cos it has lots of symbolism.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23Mercury was the Roman god of messaging.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27So this was possibly given to somebody as a message of love or something like that.
0:10:27 > 0:10:34- OK, yes.- Around the border we've got the gilding, then we've got the turquoise jewelling.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37And that is classic Minton porcelain.
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Jewellery, vases, cabinet plates,
0:10:39 > 0:10:43- all around this sort of period. - How old would it be, this...?
0:10:43 > 0:10:48This would have been made 1880-1890.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Boullemier was born in 1874.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52And the painter is French?
0:10:52 > 0:10:54I don't know where he was from originally.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57A lot of French came over to work for Minton
0:10:57 > 0:11:01at that time, so he could have been one of them.
0:11:01 > 0:11:06- The mount is very plain, isn't it? - Yes, but it's got a nice
0:11:06 > 0:11:09little detail on the side, what do you call this?
0:11:09 > 0:11:12Rope twist border, and if you look on the back,
0:11:12 > 0:11:15it's hallmarked as well, nine carat.
0:11:15 > 0:11:20The fact that it's nine carat tells us it's not any earlier than around 1885-1890.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23The earlier golds tended to be of a higher grade.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25- Interesting.- So, pretty thing.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29It's not the most fashionable of things today, is it?
0:11:29 > 0:11:30I can't imagine you wearing this.
0:11:30 > 0:11:35- I did wear it once.- A while ago? - Quite a while ago. Many years ago.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38Today, not so fashionable, but this is the sort of thing
0:11:38 > 0:11:42that a Minton porcelain collector would buy, but also a jewellery collector.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44So it's going to have its appeals.
0:11:44 > 0:11:49Value, I would put an estimate of £100-£150 on it.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51- OK.- It should make the top end of that.
0:11:51 > 0:11:56- We should protect it at £100. - Yes, I would like to do that. - Are you happy with that?
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Yes, I am very happy with it.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02And I'm detecting this is not a Stoke-on-Trent accent, is it?
0:12:02 > 0:12:04No, this is from Brazil.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07- How long have you been in Stoke? - 24 years.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10- Oh, you haven't lost the accent! - No, I haven't.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14- Still the Brazilian style! - Completely, yes!- Fantastic.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18- I think this will do really well. - Thank you.- Let's see how it goes.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26Well, how about that lot? You've just seen some cracking items,
0:12:26 > 0:12:29but now it's time to put our experts' valuations to the test.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32It's time for our first visit to the auction room.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36So while we nip up the motorway to Marshalls, here's a quick run-down
0:12:36 > 0:12:38of all the items we're taking with us.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44Gwen and Cyril's vases really are a great example of the art deco style,
0:12:44 > 0:12:47but the chip might just put the buyers off.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51This Minton porcelain brooch might not look that fashionable these days
0:12:51 > 0:12:55but it's a classic and jewellery enthusiasts should be very keen.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59And the collectors are bound to love this selection of medals.
0:12:59 > 0:13:04Let's hope they achieve a heroic figure at today's auction.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07I love these handsome spelter sculptures, and after 14 years
0:13:07 > 0:13:11tucked away in a cupboard, hopefully today they'll find a new home.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Today's auctioneer is our very own Adam Partridge,
0:13:18 > 0:13:23and he's not all that convinced by the spelter sculptures.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26They're big and they're showy, and they're French, a bit of spelter.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30Yeah, the sound of quality, listen to that, hey?!
0:13:30 > 0:13:32HOLLOW METALLIC CLANG
0:13:32 > 0:13:36They belong to David and they've been in his cupboard for about 14 years.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38He thinks they're too big to display.
0:13:38 > 0:13:43But I mean, that's the beauty of them, because they're in your face,
0:13:43 > 0:13:47and at £120-£180, I think they've got to sell at that.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50I don't suppose it sounds that expensive but they're just...
0:13:50 > 0:13:55They belong in a cupboard, for me. Just look at the casting, it's just not there at all.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58And spelter, you know, it's poor man's bronze, a cheap alloy.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00It's a trash metal, isn't it?
0:14:00 > 0:14:05Yes. At the risk of sounding snobby, we don't usually have spelter here!
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Don't you? But surely, looking at those,
0:14:07 > 0:14:11you stand back, and you've got £120-worth of kit there...
0:14:11 > 0:14:14They'll look better on the screen than they do in real life.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17We've got some lovely bronzes upstairs and when you put them
0:14:17 > 0:14:21on the same table with all the others, they look awful.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Surely, these will sell at £120...?
0:14:23 > 0:14:26I couldn't guarantee it, actually. I couldn't.
0:14:26 > 0:14:31Because people would rather spend £600-£800 plus on a bronze pair
0:14:31 > 0:14:35that are nice than £150 on...
0:14:35 > 0:14:38They're showy, that's all they are.
0:14:38 > 0:14:39They miss the mark for me.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42Will they sell? Couldn't say.
0:14:50 > 0:14:55Glade's gorgeous pendent from the Minton factory with a value of £100-£150, it's very stylish.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58- Thank you.- Why are you selling this? I know you like it.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01- I do, but I don't wear it. - You don't wear it.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05- No, it's far too big for me. - It's just put in the drawer.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08- I just leave it in the drawer, yes. - I think it's lovely.
0:15:08 > 0:15:12It's going to do well. It's got everything, a little bit of ceramics
0:15:12 > 0:15:16for the porcelain collectors, it's got the jewellery, it's got the look.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19It's got the lot and it's got the look. Good luck, both of you.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Here we go, it's going under the hammer.
0:15:22 > 0:15:27The hand-painted Minton porcelain pendant, by Antoine Boullemier,
0:15:27 > 0:15:31one of the top painters, a lovely pendent, some interest here,
0:15:31 > 0:15:35I can start with a bid of £110, take 120.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37120, 130, 140... 130 still here...
0:15:37 > 0:15:42140. 150. 150, any more? 150, 160, 170, 180...
0:15:42 > 0:15:44- Brilliant. - That's good, isn't it?
0:15:44 > 0:15:49190, 200, 210, 220, 230, 240...
0:15:49 > 0:15:51Any more now at £240?
0:15:51 > 0:15:55All done, then, 240...
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- Well done, very good. - That's better than 150!
0:15:58 > 0:16:00That's a surprise, wasn't it?
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- Yes, it was very good. - How long had you had that?
0:16:03 > 0:16:05About ten years. Probably longer than that.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08- How much did you pay for it? - I haven't paid, it was a present.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12- What will you put the money towards? - I'm going to buy a sewing machine.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14- Are you?- Another one.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17- You're expanding the business! - That's right.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25I've been joined by Cyril and Gwen, the two Charlotte Rhead vases.
0:16:25 > 0:16:31Well, £80-£120, David has put on them, a little bit of damage on one.
0:16:31 > 0:16:37At the valuation day, we asked if we got top money for this, what were you going to put the money towards?
0:16:37 > 0:16:40You said a holiday, didn't you, to Cyprus?
0:16:40 > 0:16:44You've been on that holiday, so the pressure's on, we've got to sell.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47We need to get some money back to pay the credit card!
0:16:47 > 0:16:51- But what happened when you were on holiday in Cyprus?- I broke my ankle.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Yes, you've come back a bit early, haven't you?
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Oh, dear, how did you do that?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Slipped on wet marble.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03I bet that was painful, wasn't it?
0:17:03 > 0:17:05It was before she had a drink!
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Was it the beginning or the end of the holiday?
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Halfway through. Five days...
0:17:09 > 0:17:14At least you had a period to enjoy, and a period to reflect!
0:17:14 > 0:17:17We shouldn't be laughing, because that is so painful.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20- It was very painful, yes. - Are you on the mend now?
0:17:20 > 0:17:23I'm getting there, yes.
0:17:23 > 0:17:28Good luck, both of you, hopefully we can cheer you up and get top money.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32..Charlotte Rhead-designed in the Byzantine pattern.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35One's damaged, therefore start me at £80.
0:17:35 > 0:17:42£80 a pair... Surely, 50, then... 50 bid.
0:17:42 > 0:17:47Take five, at £50, five, 60, five, 70, five, 80...
0:17:47 > 0:17:51Any more, now? 75, any more now?
0:17:54 > 0:17:56- Sold.- 75.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00Just sold them, great bit of studio pottery, great name.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03That's a good investment. Someone's got a bargain there.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05- Yeah, but one's damaged, Paul. - Yes...
0:18:05 > 0:18:07One's damaged, that is the problem.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Nevertheless, they're gone.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12They've gone. They're not standing on the wardrobe.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15No, you're gonna treat yourself now.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17A pair of spongy trainers or something!
0:18:25 > 0:18:30£120-£180 we've got riding on this. James, your valuation, had a chat to the auctioneer
0:18:30 > 0:18:36before the sale started, and Adam really did not like them.
0:18:36 > 0:18:39He said they will struggle and he would put them at the lower end,
0:18:39 > 0:18:41hopefully they'll just get away at £120,
0:18:41 > 0:18:43but I think they're a decorator's piece.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47They're big and over the top, too big for your house, weren't they?
0:18:47 > 0:18:52But you can imagine them in a reception area of a hotel on a baronial sideboard.
0:18:52 > 0:18:57And I think you've got the look, and what else can you furnish a reception area with for 120 quid?
0:18:57 > 0:19:01- Nobody's saying they're great quality. They're big and... - Mixed metal.
0:19:01 > 0:19:04They're decorative, so they've got to be worth that.
0:19:04 > 0:19:08You've tried using them in different parts of the house and they...
0:19:08 > 0:19:10They're just too big to display.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14You've kept them in the cupboard out of harm's way and the condition is very good,
0:19:14 > 0:19:17there's no damage, so hopefully they're gonna sell.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19They're going under the hammer now.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23113, Rancoulet, a pair of large spelter
0:19:23 > 0:19:28figures of warriors on horseback, lot 113, who will start me at 150?
0:19:28 > 0:19:29£100, then?
0:19:29 > 0:19:33- £100, spelter warriors...- Come on. All sitting on their hands!
0:19:33 > 0:19:37£80 of spelter... £80?
0:19:37 > 0:19:4080 quid at the back, five, 90, 5...
0:19:40 > 0:19:44100, 110, 120, 130... 120 at the back of the room.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Any more at 120?
0:19:46 > 0:19:50All done now, £120...?
0:19:50 > 0:19:53Adam was right, £120.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Just got them away, nevertheless they're sold.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59- It's a good result, isn't it? - It's fine.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03- Bit of commission to pay, but there's a bit of spending money. - That'll go to my mum.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06- Your mum?- Yeah. - Bless. What's her name?- Sylvia.
0:20:06 > 0:20:11Ah, Sylvia, I hope you're watching, and enjoying this moment, he's a good lad, isn't he?
0:20:19 > 0:20:24Right now, it's Rebecca's turn. The miniatures and the medals from World War I and II,
0:20:24 > 0:20:27with a valuation put on by David here,
0:20:27 > 0:20:31a nice, good, punchy £400-£500, we could be in for a big surprise.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33This is the unknown quantity, isn't it, really?
0:20:33 > 0:20:38Absolutely. I hope we're going to get a good price. I look at these not just as medals
0:20:38 > 0:20:42but the very fact that they represent so many young people's lives...
0:20:42 > 0:20:45- Social history.- Social history, going through the war.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49If anybody does the research, they'll get all the information,
0:20:49 > 0:20:54why they were awarded, and there's one South African medal as well, which I think is good money.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58- It's a big collection, they've come out of the wardrobe. - They certainly have!
0:20:58 > 0:21:00This is it, good luck!
0:21:00 > 0:21:02A very good medal collection,
0:21:02 > 0:21:07World War I medal group to Private Hicks, a Queen's South African medal,
0:21:07 > 0:21:12some McCormick medals, Private White, a good collection of medals,
0:21:12 > 0:21:15and bidding starts at 360 bid, is it?
0:21:15 > 0:21:21380... Is there 380? 420, 440, 460, 480 still here.
0:21:21 > 0:21:25480, any more now? 520, 540...
0:21:25 > 0:21:32580, 620, 620 in the room, take 40 now... Are you all done at 620?
0:21:32 > 0:21:34Any more? At 620, and we sell...
0:21:34 > 0:21:39640, 660, 640's on line now. £640.
0:21:39 > 0:21:44And we sell away, all done at 640...
0:21:44 > 0:21:47Great! £640!
0:21:47 > 0:21:49- That's fantastic!- That's a victory.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52What are you gonna put that towards?
0:21:52 > 0:21:56- What are you gonna spend your money on?- I need a new driveway, it'll go towards that.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58OK, a new gravel drive or tarmac?
0:21:58 > 0:22:00No, gravel. And some garden as well.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03I like the sound as you pull up into the gravel drive.
0:22:03 > 0:22:06- More ecological, isn't it? - Yes. Thank you very much indeed.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Thank you.
0:22:13 > 0:22:18This idyllic spot in the countryside has witnessed some extraordinary, unearthly events.
0:22:18 > 0:22:24You see, from here, scientists are busy exploring the outer limits of the universe.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32At the centre of activities here at the Jodrell Bank in Cheshire
0:22:32 > 0:22:38is the famous Lovell Telescope, an engineering marvel.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41Built in 1957 and named after its designer,
0:22:41 > 0:22:45the pioneering radio astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell,
0:22:45 > 0:22:51its bowl, or dish, is an astronomical 250ft in diameter.
0:22:51 > 0:22:57Here in the control room, I've come to find out a bit more about the secrets of the universe and talk to
0:22:57 > 0:23:00- astronomer Professor Ian Morris. Hello.- Hello, welcome.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Thank you very much for talking to us.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06- It's a pleasure.- Look at the view... - Doesn't it look amazing?
0:23:06 > 0:23:10It's over 50 years old but it's still the third largest radio telescope
0:23:10 > 0:23:15in the world and I don't think any bigger than that will ever be built, so it's great to have it here.
0:23:15 > 0:23:19The Lovell Telescope, it's a radio telescope, what does that mean?
0:23:19 > 0:23:23Instead of picking up light waves, which we all see, we actually pick up
0:23:23 > 0:23:28radio waves, which we can't see, similar to those used by mobile phones and satellite TV.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32So, these waves sort of hit that massive great big dish.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Do they bounce till they get to that point?
0:23:34 > 0:23:38They bounce just once, straight up to the focus, and that's where we collect them
0:23:38 > 0:23:41and amplify them, bring them down, a big tunnel comes from the telescope
0:23:41 > 0:23:46underneath the ground into our receiver rooms where we analyse them.
0:23:46 > 0:23:53As the telescope can move, it's got motors that drive it round, and at the top of the towers...
0:23:53 > 0:23:56In fact, the actual gears and racks that drive it are second-hand,
0:23:56 > 0:23:58they came from some battleships.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01They were gun turret mountings, so by going up and down and around,
0:24:01 > 0:24:06one way and the other, we can track radio sources across the sky.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09The great thing about radio waves, because they're so long,
0:24:09 > 0:24:12they can travel through dust. We can look at the heart of galaxies
0:24:12 > 0:24:15you could never see with optical telescopes.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18It's a great scientific instruments but just looking at it,
0:24:18 > 0:24:20it's an architectural gem, isn't it?
0:24:20 > 0:24:24It really is. It's a Grade 1 listing building, and there's some thought,
0:24:24 > 0:24:29- before too long, the site here might become a world heritage site. - Oh, that'll be good.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33It's become an icon of British science and technology.
0:24:33 > 0:24:38It's still doing things that we never even thought could be done when it was first built.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47During the war years, Dr Bernard Lovell had been involved in the development of radar.
0:24:47 > 0:24:53He had the idea that sporadic echoes sometimes received by military radars
0:24:53 > 0:24:56might be the result of cosmic rays entering the atmosphere.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00After the war, he wanted to research the subject further,
0:25:00 > 0:25:04but it soon became clear that a very sensitive radio telescope
0:25:04 > 0:25:07would be required and he set about creating one.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11Ten years later, his dream became a reality.
0:25:13 > 0:25:17But in the early days, to some, the telescope resembled a rather large
0:25:17 > 0:25:21white elephant and its future looked uncertain.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25We were very much in debt. It cost a lot more than it should have done
0:25:25 > 0:25:27and it was Sputnik that saved us.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31You might remember in '57, when the Russians launched Sputnik 1.
0:25:31 > 0:25:35The military were keen to know if you could detect these rockets
0:25:35 > 0:25:40because they were designed to carry nuclear bombs, and we were able to track the rocket
0:25:40 > 0:25:44that put Sputnik in orbit as it went over the Lake District.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48The press realised that here in the UK we had something that was unique.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52And so everyone looked after us and the money was found.
0:25:52 > 0:25:56So, in fact for a while, secret until recently,
0:25:56 > 0:25:58this was Britain's early warning radar
0:25:58 > 0:26:02from about 1960 until 1963 and that included the Cuban missile crisis.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Wow.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07This enabled the telescope to continue its pioneering work
0:26:07 > 0:26:13and we have it to thank for many other scientific firsts.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16It really has had a magnificent time.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18It's made some great discoveries.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20What are its discoveries?
0:26:20 > 0:26:27Very early on, it actually picked up signals from the most distant objects that we knew in the universe.
0:26:27 > 0:26:33The universe actually has a radius of about 14,000 million light years,
0:26:33 > 0:26:37and we picked up objects halfway towards the edge of the universe,
0:26:37 > 0:26:40and these were the most distant objects known at that time.
0:26:40 > 0:26:45- They were called quasars because they looked like stars, they appeared so small.- OK.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49- It's had a great role in the discovery of pulsars.- Yeah.
0:26:49 > 0:26:55When a massive star comes to the end of its life, the core collapses down
0:26:55 > 0:26:59under gravity till it's the size of Manchester, 20 kilometres across.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02Now something big going around slowly, if you're making it smaller,
0:27:02 > 0:27:05spins up like an ice skater bringing her arms in.
0:27:05 > 0:27:10And there's an incredibly powerful magnetic field that sends out beams
0:27:10 > 0:27:13of light and radio waves that sweep across the sky.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Just like a lighthouse.
0:27:15 > 0:27:20Now each time the beam crosses our telescope, there's a little pulse of energy.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23If you apply that pulse to a loudspeaker, you can hear the clicks.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Listen to the first one...
0:27:25 > 0:27:29- As in pulses.- Absolutely, that's why they called it.
0:27:29 > 0:27:30Very, very regular... TICKING
0:27:30 > 0:27:32- It's like a metronome.- Exactly.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35In fact, when these were first picked up,
0:27:35 > 0:27:38they couldn't believe natural phenomena could give rise to them.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42They thought it might be ET phoning home. Jocelyn Bell, who discovered it
0:27:42 > 0:27:45- called it LGM1, Little Green Men 1.- Gosh.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48We've had some wonderful times with this telescope.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50It's been a wonderful 40-odd years.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00How fascinating was that?
0:28:00 > 0:28:03Now that we've sorted out our quasars from our pulsars,
0:28:03 > 0:28:07I think it's time to beam straight back to the valuation day.
0:28:26 > 0:28:29Lorraine, these two miniature tankards are divine.
0:28:29 > 0:28:32The work involved in these is incredible.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36Have these been in a display cabinet at home?
0:28:36 > 0:28:39No, they're actually in my bedroom just placed on the dressing table.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41That's OK, so you're enjoying them.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43I was really enjoying them.
0:28:43 > 0:28:45Tell me their history, where did you get them?
0:28:45 > 0:28:48I bought them when I was at art college.
0:28:48 > 0:28:53I went past this antique shop and I saw them, and I just thought they were really nice.
0:28:53 > 0:28:55- How long ago?- Oh...
0:28:57 > 0:29:02- 10 years?- 10 years! - They are stunning, aren't they?
0:29:02 > 0:29:04- They are beautiful. - They're continental.
0:29:04 > 0:29:07- You know that don't you?- Yes. - Austrian or Swiss.
0:29:07 > 0:29:09The enamel work tells me that.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13What attracted you, was it just the art work, these are hand painted?
0:29:13 > 0:29:17- Yes, it was the art work.- It's typical of looking back in the past.
0:29:17 > 0:29:20It's like the French artist, that Watteau-esque sort of thing.
0:29:20 > 0:29:25- I was trying to think of his name, yes.- Romantic scenes. - That's more classical.
0:29:25 > 0:29:29That's very classical and this one's typical 18th century.
0:29:29 > 0:29:32I'd put these about
0:29:32 > 0:29:341870, 1880.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36There's no hallmarks on the silver.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39They are absolutely stunning, aren't they?
0:29:39 > 0:29:41- And they don't always mark it, anyway, do they?- No.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45- They are absolutely stunning. The condition is very, very good.- Yeah.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47Are you sure you want to sell these?
0:29:47 > 0:29:49Er...
0:29:49 > 0:29:51I don't really, but, erm...
0:29:51 > 0:29:54I've had so many things disappear all through my life.
0:29:54 > 0:29:59I've travelled quite a lot so I don't know, I hid them. That's terrible.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03- How much did you pay for them? - I can't remember, not very much.
0:30:03 > 0:30:09Well, I think two collectors could get carried away and pay quite a bit for them.
0:30:09 > 0:30:14I'd be inclined to put these into auction
0:30:14 > 0:30:18- with a value of around about £300-£500.- OK.
0:30:18 > 0:30:23- Would you let me put them into the sale?- Erm...yes.
0:30:23 > 0:30:27- With a fixed reserve of £300. - Yes, OK.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29If they don't get £300, you take them home.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31Yes, which would be quite nice.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34So it's a no-lose situation really, isn't it?
0:30:34 > 0:30:38- Yes.- If they sell you're happy, we get top money hopefully around the £500 mark.- Yeah.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42- If they don't, they're going home and you're gonna enjoy them.- Yes.
0:30:51 > 0:30:55Of all the things that have been brought in today, Sheila,
0:30:55 > 0:30:57this is one that I wish to take home with me.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00- Is that right?- Absolutely!
0:31:00 > 0:31:03It's in such lovely condition and beautifully polished
0:31:03 > 0:31:05as though you only did it this morning.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07- I bet you did, didn't you?- Yes!
0:31:07 > 0:31:10- It was brown.- Was it brown?
0:31:10 > 0:31:12- Not stuck in the attic?- Yes.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14- Really?- Yes, till last night.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16So you've never used it?
0:31:16 > 0:31:21Yes, I used to use it, it used to be on a sideboard, but I'd got
0:31:21 > 0:31:25a big place then, and since I've moved, it's been up the loft.
0:31:25 > 0:31:27Right, what do you use it for?
0:31:27 > 0:31:29Nothing really, just decoration.
0:31:29 > 0:31:34- Just decoration?- Yes.- It did have a purpose when it was made in 1806.
0:31:34 > 0:31:39It's solid silver and this would have come from a very affluent home.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43- Oh...- If you read books by Mrs Gaskell...- Yes.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46North And South, Cranford...
0:31:46 > 0:31:48This fits into that sort of society.
0:31:48 > 0:31:49- Really?- Yes.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52It really is quite an interesting piece.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54The design, if you look at it,
0:31:54 > 0:31:57it has a classical appearance because it's a pedestal form.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00- Yes, a nice shape. - It is a nice shape.- It is.
0:32:00 > 0:32:04And you've got this decoration inside which we call fluting,
0:32:04 > 0:32:08and you've got similar decoration all the way round here.
0:32:08 > 0:32:12- What I love is this swing handle. - It is nice.
0:32:12 > 0:32:18It is beautiful and either side here you've got this classical leaf,
0:32:18 > 0:32:20an extended acanthus leaf design.
0:32:20 > 0:32:22Yes, it is nice.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24Now, what would it have been used for?
0:32:24 > 0:32:28Well, let's think in terms of a Regency dining table
0:32:28 > 0:32:32and we'd have fresh cut chunks of bread in there.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34- Lovely.- That would be passed round.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36Or maybe if it was a very posh tea,
0:32:36 > 0:32:40you could have had whacking great slabs of fruit cake.
0:32:40 > 0:32:46- That would be nice.- To pass round. And it would have been passed round by the servant or the butler.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50- I see.- So this is the sort of social implications...- Yes.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54..of this piece. Where did YOU get it from?
0:32:54 > 0:32:57My husband bought it me from an auction.
0:32:57 > 0:33:01I think it was Bingley Hall, I'm not sure. I think it was.
0:33:01 > 0:33:02How much did he pay for it?
0:33:02 > 0:33:05- I don't know. No, he didn't tell me. - He kept that to himself.
0:33:05 > 0:33:10- Oh, well, I don't suppose you should disclose prices for presents.- No!
0:33:10 > 0:33:13- The value of it at auction.- Yeah.
0:33:13 > 0:33:17- Silver, as a whole, is not popular at the moment.- No.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Because it has to be polished.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22- That's right. - I think between £350 and £500.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24- Yes.- That sort of price range.
0:33:24 > 0:33:27But it's very nice. I hope there's somebody who will
0:33:27 > 0:33:31fall in love with it as much as I have because it's beautiful.
0:33:31 > 0:33:32Thank you very much, indeed.
0:33:32 > 0:33:34Thank you.
0:33:42 > 0:33:45Barry and Janet, of all the things that we were gonna find in Stoke
0:33:45 > 0:33:48- it was gonna be a bit of Beswick, wasn't it?- Yes.
0:33:48 > 0:33:53One of the most famous factories from here in the Staffordshire area is Beswick.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55This doesn't have a great deal of age to it,
0:33:55 > 0:33:58but it is a fantastic quality piece of porcelain.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00One of the best that Beswick made.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Is it something you've bought new or had in the family?
0:34:03 > 0:34:08My late wife used to work for Beswick and she had a 10% discount.
0:34:08 > 0:34:14- Right.- So we went into the shop and I saw that and I said I'd love that. I would love it.
0:34:14 > 0:34:21Money was tight then, and I paid for it and thought, "It's a good investment."
0:34:21 > 0:34:25- I think it is a good investment. - Do you remember what you paid for it?- £95.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28- 95, yes. When was that?- 1989.
0:34:28 > 0:34:33'89, OK. This model was produced between 1987 and 1989.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37It was a series of connoisseur ranges
0:34:37 > 0:34:40and this one didn't sell as well as some of the others.
0:34:40 > 0:34:43It's more unusual than a lot,
0:34:43 > 0:34:46- but the quality of paintwork is fantastic.- Yeah.
0:34:46 > 0:34:52The designer was a chap called Graham Tongue and he became head of design in 1973.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55He loved these very fine, very well detailed models.
0:34:55 > 0:34:57This is a classic example of it.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00Just look at the way the face is painted on there.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03The eyes in the white background, dark pupils
0:35:03 > 0:35:06and a little white dot in the centre.
0:35:06 > 0:35:10Beautifully painted. Better than a lot of the major factories
0:35:10 > 0:35:13that we associate with good painting today.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16So, OK... Well, we've all known about Beswick.
0:35:16 > 0:35:20We've had it here so many times, but not often a connoisseur model,
0:35:20 > 0:35:24not often a piece that is relatively modern.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26So what do you think it's worth?
0:35:26 > 0:35:28A couple of hundred?
0:35:28 > 0:35:31I think if it made a couple of hundred it wouldn't be enough.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35I would hope it would make somewhere between £300 and £500.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37Mmm, that's all right.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40Not bad for a £95 investment.
0:35:40 > 0:35:44Hasn't done as well as houses, but not many things have doubled in that sort of time!
0:35:44 > 0:35:47Trebled even. So I think you've done very well.
0:35:47 > 0:35:51To buy modern at £95 and within 20 years,
0:35:51 > 0:35:55it's worth three times as much, I think is really well done.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57So you loved it when you first saw it.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59- Yes.- I presume you still love it today.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02- I still love it.- Why is it here?
0:36:02 > 0:36:07Well we do a lot of travelling in our motorhome and I think
0:36:07 > 0:36:11the price of this will fill the tank a few times and we're going abroad.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13I hope so... It depends where you fill the tank!
0:36:13 > 0:36:17- We want to go to Denmark and see my daughter.- Oh, really?
0:36:17 > 0:36:22I don't know whether it'll get you enough fuel to get you to Denmark, but I hope it will!
0:36:28 > 0:36:31David didn't want to let this solid silver basket go but Sheila
0:36:31 > 0:36:35wrestled it out of his hands and is hoping to get a good price for it.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39I instantly fell for these stunning miniature tankards and with such
0:36:39 > 0:36:44romantic scenes, someone is bound to fall in love with them today.
0:36:44 > 0:36:47Barry was hoping this Beswick figure would make a good investment.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49It still may only be a few years old,
0:36:49 > 0:36:52but let's see if it'll end up with a good return on it.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03Next up we've got the solid silver basket with a London hallmark, 1806.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06It belongs to Sheila and we've got £350-£500 on this.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09- There's a lot of silver, David. - It's a beautiful piece.
0:37:09 > 0:37:12I had a chat to Adam just before the sale.
0:37:12 > 0:37:15He pointed out that the foot may be slightly wrong
0:37:15 > 0:37:18and it might be an addition, I don't know.
0:37:18 > 0:37:20I don't know my silver really.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23Fingers crossed. he says it'll still sell because the weight's there.
0:37:23 > 0:37:27The whole thing hangs together beautifully, so well balanced.
0:37:27 > 0:37:29- Yes.- It's a lovely piece.
0:37:29 > 0:37:32I wish I was allowed to bid. We can't buy anything.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36- But that is one of the pieces I would love to own.- I know. - And use, and use...
0:37:36 > 0:37:38I saw him walking about with it.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40That was a handbag!
0:37:43 > 0:37:47Oh, Sheila... Let's hope we get that £500.
0:37:47 > 0:37:52- Here we go, Sheila.- 479, what a lovely George III silver basket.
0:37:52 > 0:37:57Good weight there of 39 ounces, London 1806.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59No maker's mark but I'm bid...
0:37:59 > 0:38:01well, I've got four bids.
0:38:01 > 0:38:06Shall we just cut to the chase and say we've got 460. Is there 480?
0:38:06 > 0:38:12460 bid, is there 480 now? At 460, conflicting bids start us at 460.
0:38:12 > 0:38:17If you're all done, we'll sell it. At £460 short and sweet, at 460.
0:38:17 > 0:38:21Yes, blink and you'll miss that one, £460.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23Well done, David. Good valuation.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25Marvellous, thank you very much, David.
0:38:25 > 0:38:28- What are you putting it towards? - Something for my new home.
0:38:28 > 0:38:31- What are you gonna buy?- Well, we used to go to the antique sales
0:38:31 > 0:38:34- and we used to buy cranberry glass.- Oh, that's great,
0:38:34 > 0:38:37- putting money back into the trade. - Yes.- Good.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40Because everyone says, we're going on holiday or something.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43- Yes.- Reinvest in the trade, visit the antique shops.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45- Yes.- And the antique arcades.- Yes.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47- And the auction rooms.- Hopefully.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49- Good hunting.- Thank you very much.
0:38:57 > 0:39:01Janet and Barry, good luck, it sounds like we're swapping
0:39:01 > 0:39:04horsepower for diesel power, aren't we? The mobile home...
0:39:04 > 0:39:07We've got a Beswick horse to go under the hammer.
0:39:07 > 0:39:09£300-£500 is put on this.
0:39:09 > 0:39:12They've never let us down before these Beswick horses.
0:39:12 > 0:39:14- They're hot to trot. - This one's rare.
0:39:14 > 0:39:17Oh...will it do more than £500?
0:39:17 > 0:39:19I don't want to say. I don't know.
0:39:19 > 0:39:21- Oh, is this a tease?- No.- No.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23Why do you say that? I don't know.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26Cad!
0:39:26 > 0:39:29- Right, we're gonna find out anyway, aren't we?- Of course.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33- This is it.- OK, 412, is the Beswick model, Blues And Royals.
0:39:33 > 0:39:38Lot 412 from the connoisseur series. Lot 412. Start me at £300, please.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41Two then, two bid... I'll take ten.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43210, 220, 230,
0:39:43 > 0:39:47240, 250,
0:39:47 > 0:39:51260, 270, 280, 290,
0:39:51 > 0:39:53300 now.
0:39:53 > 0:39:55300, 320,
0:39:55 > 0:40:01340, 360, 380...go on!
0:40:01 > 0:40:04400...
0:40:04 > 0:40:06It's two full tanks.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08380 on this phone, is there 400 now?
0:40:08 > 0:40:11£380 on Ian's phone, any further now, any advance on £380?
0:40:11 > 0:40:15If you're all done at 380...
0:40:15 > 0:40:17That's it, mid estimate.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20Jolly good show. That was very good, wasn't it?
0:40:20 > 0:40:22A couple of full tanks, then?
0:40:22 > 0:40:25- Yes.- You're gonna fill it full of gas and just...
0:40:25 > 0:40:28- To Europe.- To Europe, oh, wonderful.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30What a trip.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32- Have fun, won't you?- We shall.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40Next up, two miniature tankards belonging to Lorraine.
0:40:40 > 0:40:45We've put £300 to £500 on. They were a must-have for you when you were at art college?
0:40:45 > 0:40:48- Yes.- You said, "I want them!"
0:40:48 > 0:40:51And I'm just hoping there's a lot of people thinking exactly like you did.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54But I know if they don't sell...
0:40:54 > 0:40:56- No, I don't mind. - You want to take them home?
0:40:56 > 0:40:59- Yes. I do like them. - Do you regret now bringing them in?
0:40:59 > 0:41:01A little bit. A little bit.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04You haven't had sleepless nights thinking about this?
0:41:04 > 0:41:05No, probably only about one.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09- Oh, good luck, good luck... - Thank you.
0:41:09 > 0:41:13Let's hope it makes lots of money so it doesn't bother you at all.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16- Here we go.- 446, lovely little pair of continental majolica,
0:41:16 > 0:41:19coloured, enamelled, silver miniature tankards.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21- He likes them.- Yeah.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Aren't they sweet? Where are they? There.
0:41:24 > 0:41:30Lot 446, and who'll start me at £300 for these? 300... two then. Two bid.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32- Oh dear.- At £200, 10...
0:41:32 > 0:41:36210 bid. 220 now. At 210.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39220, 230, 240...
0:41:39 > 0:41:41250, 260,
0:41:41 > 0:41:50- 270, 280, 290, 300, 320...- Sold.
0:41:50 > 0:41:53Mmm. Yeah, but now we want that 500.
0:41:53 > 0:41:57380, 400, 420,
0:41:57 > 0:42:00440, 460,
0:42:00 > 0:42:03480, 500,
0:42:03 > 0:42:07520, 540,
0:42:07 > 0:42:10560, 580, 600?
0:42:10 > 0:42:12580 on the phone.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16It's still good. Wow!
0:42:16 > 0:42:20640... 660.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22680.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25- 660 on this phone.- Wow!
0:42:25 > 0:42:27660 on this phone.
0:42:27 > 0:42:32At 660, anymore now? At 660, if you're all done, we'll sell.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34That's really good.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36- That's great, isn't it? - Really, really good.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39- Top end and a little bit more. - I don't regret it now.
0:42:39 > 0:42:42- Not quite as much. - You can't regret that, can you?
0:42:42 > 0:42:44- Money's gonna come in handy?- Yes.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47What are you planning on doing?
0:42:47 > 0:42:51- I would love to buy a house in Morocco.- Would you?- Yes.
0:42:51 > 0:42:53Why are you drawn to Morocco? The colours, the...
0:42:53 > 0:42:59I'm studying French at Keele University and it's warm out there,
0:42:59 > 0:43:03but I love the architecture, the buildings and fairs are absolutely beautiful.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05That's where I'd like to buy a house.
0:43:05 > 0:43:09- That's where you're destined now? - I hope.- Good luck, it's a brave move.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11- Thank you.- I hope you achieve it.
0:43:11 > 0:43:12Right, thank you very much.
0:43:17 > 0:43:21Well, that's it for our owners. The auction's still going on but it's all over for them.
0:43:21 > 0:43:26We've had some great results, and it's fair to say everyone's gone home happy.
0:43:26 > 0:43:28They've enjoyed themselves and so have we.
0:43:28 > 0:43:30I hope you've enjoyed watching today's show.
0:43:30 > 0:43:32Sadly, that's all the time we have.
0:43:32 > 0:43:35So until the next time, it's cheerio.
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